Improvement in thimble-skeins



'UNITED STATES PATENT Orgien.

CHARLES PADDOOK, OF ALTON, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN THlMBLE-SKEINS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 120,092, dated October 17, 1871.

To all whom t may con-cern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES PADDocK, of Alton, in the county of Madison und Stute of Illinois, have invented certain Improvements in Thimble-Skeins, of which the following is al specificzttion:

My invention consists of an ootztgonal Washer, together with an octngonal shoulder upon the end of the skein to which the Washer is fitted. By means of this device the thirnble I.mnd nut at end of skein ure separated by zt Washer which cannot revolve, and which is, as it'Were-,n pztrt of the skein itself; l

In the accompanying drawing, Figure' l is a sectional view of the thiinble-nut and Washer in position with reference to the skein. Fig. 2 is an exterior viewlof the sume. Fig. 3 is 2t top vieur ofthe octogonztl Washer. i Fig. @L is a top view of the ootztgonitl shoulder upon the skein.

A is the skein. B is the octogonztl shoulder upon the sume. O is the octugonztl Washer. D is the thimble. E is the nut.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts of the invention.

The washer O being iitted over the octagonal shoulder B upon the skein, the Washer is immovzvbly fixed thereto. The revolving of the thimble D upon the skein A beoauseof the interposition of the octitgonal Washer O can impart no jarring or loosening motion to the nut E. The prevention of this loosening of the nut, obviously of great importance, is, it is apparent, efeetuztlly accomplished by my invention, which has this result for its object.

I claim as my inventionl The octztgonal shoulder B upon the end of the skein und the octagonul Washer O, and their use together as described, for the purposes herein specified.

CHAS. PADDOCK. 

